faoileán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish faílenn +‎ -án (ending has been reanalyzed, based on a dialect or dialects where -ann and -án are homphones).

Noun

faoileán m (genitive singular faoileáin, nominative plural faoileáin)

  1. gull, seagull (seabird)

Declension
Declension of faoileán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faoileán faoileáin
Vocative a fhaoileáin a fhaoileána
Genitive faoileáin faoileán
Dative faoileán faoileáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an faoileán na faoileáin
Genitive an fhaoileáin na bhfaoileán
Dative leis an bhfaoileán

don fhaoileán

 leis na faoileáin

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • faoileánach (“frequented by seagulls”, adj)
  • faoileanda (“seagull-like; sweeping, graceful”, adj)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faoileán fhaoileán bhfaoileán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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